Mick Taylor Quotes

I did a CD way back in 1989, but I never got it off the ground.

My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

I did my thing with Jive. I was a national recording artist, but I had run into a wall.

I don't think the record company is aware of it. Because they just bury my albums and don't release them.

If you had ever heard my album you would know that I could never consider the music business!

With my second album, eOne Music really wanted me to rock it up a little bit.

You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.

I remember telling the head of Warner Brothers that if they'd just make a video for 'Ol' Red'... and if it didn't work, they could drop me from the label.

I don't want a record company, but I need one, unfortunately.

I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful. And that machine is what is going to work for them - there's tons of examples of pop stars who need that machine.

Who really needs a new album from me?

After we wrote The Wreckoning, our record label did listen.

So that's what's going on right now, and I'm looking to put out an album within the next six months.

I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.

The last album, 'Falling Faster Than You Can Run.' I was really proud of, but then I didn't actually know whether it was going to come out on any label at all. So I didn't know if anyone was going to hear it. Then of course we ended up doing another EP after that called 'Closer.'

I haven't really been recording in the last several years. I haven't wanted to. And even though I had to deal with Sony and now I'm on Universal again, I will probably put out a new record soon.

There's probably a bunch of Power Stripe floating through the Def Jam offices right now.

We had been working. We had a bunch of songs written and it came time to make the record, so we had our lawyer make the call to Elektra and ask for our advance. Then, we got dropped. It was actually exciting.

If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.

My most successful album happened back in the mid-'90s, pre-Internet times, with 'Songs For A Blue Guitar.' We were supported by Island Records; we toured a lot. Songs were licensed to TV commercials and movies.

If you want to release your own single, there cannot be a better launch than going to Los Angeles and collaborating with a renowned artist.

I did my first album with my own record label.

A lot of people who work with Dre, you're lucky if anything sees the light of day.

I just wanted to have my own dynasty. I wanted my own Cash Money or Roc-A-Fella. Outside of that, I also wanted my own media company.

I don't want to release a CD; I want to release the real deal, so we're just gonna take our time.